Birsen's 40-point game gives him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- December 9, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Kaya Birsen put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for BC London Elite U16 team and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 8.
He had the game-high 40 points adding seven rebounds and two assists for London Elite in his team's victory, helping them to crush Genova (#2, 2-1) with 19-point margin 80-61. London Elite is placed at 42th position in EYBL U16. Too late to improve their position as they are currently ranked such low. They already lost 5 games and recorded just two victories. In the team's last game Birsen had a remarkable 93.3% from 2-point range. He turned to be London Elite's top player in his first season with the team. Kaya Birsen averages just after three games 25.3ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Jost Kuslan of GA Grosuplje U16 team. He is a in his first season at Grosuplje. In the last game Kuslan recorded an impressive double-double of 20 points and 18 rebounds. Of course he led Grosuplje to another comfortable win outscoring DLang (#66, 0-4) 90-28. This victory allowed Grosuplje to move up to 3rd position in the standings. His team's 2-1 record is not bad at all. Kuslan is a newcomer at Grosuplje and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to Filippo Gaeta of Roseto Academy U17 team (#29). Gaeta got into 30-points club by scoring 32 points in the last round. He went also for ten rebounds and seven assists. He was a key player of Roseto Acad., leading his team to a 88-73 easy win against the lower-ranked London Elite (#42, 2-5). Roseto Acad. has a very good start of the season. But there were just 2 games played, so it's too early to judge them at this stage. Gaeta also has a very good start of the season with very strong stats. Gaeta has a very solid season. In 2 games in EYBL U16 he scored 23.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nicolo Cogorno) of Genova - 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists
5. David Bajceta) of Roseto - 27 points and 6 rebounds
6. Ernests Vezitis) of Ridzene - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists
7. Filip Valcl) of Grosuplje - 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Rudy Gundersen) of Skjetten - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Raivo Indans) of Ridzene - 28 points and 14 rebounds
10. Luca Bastina) of Ploiesti - 18 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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Tags : KAYA BIRSEN, BC LONDON ELITE U16 TEAM, BRITISH BASKETBALL, , EYBL U16